Description: In this third issue of International News in 2022, we feature a contribution by SCOR, a leading reinsurer, highlighting the Actuarial Awards that SCOR presents annually, since 1996, to the best academic work in actuarial science, with annual prizes in several countries throughout the world. We also feature an article by Jessica Leong, FCAS, on barriers that Asian women must overcome to become leaders. Jessica recounts her own experience and how in overcoming some challenges she became the first Asian president of the Casualty Actuarial Society.

Description: Every year since 1996, SCOR has rewarded the best academic work in the field of actuarial science with annual prizes in several countries throughout the world. These prizes are designed to promote the development of actuarial science, to encourage research in this field, and to contribute to the improvement of risk knowledge and management. The SCOR Actuarial Awards are recognized in the insurance and reinsurance industries as a mark of excellence. The Actuarial Awards in France are supported by the SCOR Corporate Foundation for Science. The SCOR Actuarial Awards juries are composed of internationally recognized researchers and insurance, reinsurance and finance professionals. The winners are selected for their command of actuarial concepts, the quality of their analytical methods, and the originality of their research in terms of scientific advances and potential practical applications to the world of risk management. In 2021, SCOR presented Actuarial Awards in five countries around the world: Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland.

Description: The Society of Actuaries’ Post Retirement Needs and Risks Committee has made available the full report for its biennial survey, Risks and Process of Retirement.

Description: Learn through examples how actuaries working in traditional and nontraditional actuarial roles should apply ASOPs when navigating through situational challenges when collaborating with other professionals. Examples of these professionals include regulators, accounting, management, marketing, underwriting as well as when providing advisory services to external clients.

Description: 2021 ImpACT Conference - Session 12E: AITSC Present II – Actuarial Innovation and Technology Research Roundtable 10.29.21 Recording

Description: The current economic environment has forced insurers to make changes in an effort to continue to write profitable business. This session will discuss profitability measures, pricing methodologies, assumption setting as well as explore trends of life insurance marketplaces and impacts of regulations.

Description: This is the financial report prepared for the Society of Actuaries for fiscal year ending May 31, 1951.

Description: These are obituaries of members of the Society of Actuaries which had passed away in April and May 1962.

Description: This is the presidential address by former SOA president, William A. Halvorson. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1978, Vol. 30.

Description: The Use of Reliance in Actuarial Opinions by Frank S. Irish from The Financial Reporter, December 2002, Issue No. 51.